rotate
Other forms: rotating; rotated; rotates
Rotate means to circle around a center point. Wheels on a car rotate, planets rotate, and if you're an ice skater, you rotate on the blade of a skate when you do your spins.
Rotate can also mean that you take turns performing a job. If you, Jim, and Shelia all got the same amount of votes in the class election, you could rotate the role of treasurer, meaning the position would pass from one to another in a regular pattern. Rotate can also refer to other things that are passed along in a regular order. You might rotate lawn duties with your brother — that means you mow the lawn one week and he mows it the next.
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turn on or around an axis or a center“The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire”circumvolvecause to turn on an axis or center
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turn outward“ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees”synonyms: splay, spread out, turn outtype of:turnchange orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
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cause to turn on an axis or center“Rotate the handle”synonyms: circumvolve
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exchange on a regular basis“We rotate the lead soprano every night”type of:alternateexchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
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plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession“We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil”type of:growcause to grow or develop
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perform a job or duty on a rotating basis“Interns have to rotate for a few months”type of:servedo duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
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